2,828,164 Records. Source: Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Use Archives.com with a FREE 7-day membership and search over 2.1 billion records. Pay-for-use after the seven day free trial.

Name index to death and burial records from the state of Kentucky. Microfilm copies of these records are available at the Family History Library and Family History Centers. This set contains 627,320 records. Due to privacy laws, recent records may not be displayed. The year range represents most of the records. A few records may be earlier or later.

Kentucky Death Index for 1911-1986, Kentucky Death Index for 1987-1992, Kentucky Marriage Index for 1973-1993, Kentucky Divorce Index for 1973-1993. A special research project of the University of Kentucky.

A centralized collection of birth, death and marriage records for the state of Kentucky. Birth records for persons born less than 110 years ago require proof of death to ensure that the privacy of living individuals is protected. A browsable index also links to digital images of the actual records.

Louisville Anzeiger Death Listings. Names and dates of death published in Louisville's German-American Newspaper 1849–1865. The newspaper is on microfilm at the Filson Historical Society (Louisville) and University of Louisville's Ekstrom Library. The newspaper was published in German, and included some obituaries.

Historical Context: State-wide death records were not required until 1911, but the following cities had death records prior to the state-wide registration date: Louisville (1866), Lexington (1898), Covington (1880), and Newport (1880). Questions Asked: Name, Birth date, Age, Death Date, Place of Death, Residence, Race, Certificate Number. Why This Database is Valuable: Originally part of the Everton Online Library, this index covers more than 2.6 million deaths in Kentucky recorded from 1900 to 1999. The index provides the name of the deceased, birth date, age, death date, place of death, residence, race and certificate number.